Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,689 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Paris K.C. Barclay (1956- )
Arrowhead Landfill
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4) Uniontown, Alabama (1818- )
William Byron Rumford
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William Byron Rumford, Sr. (1908-1986)
Channing Heggie Tobias
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Channing H. Tobias (1882-1961)

Explore Global African History

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Amha Selassie (1916-1997)
Battle of Vertières in 1803 Haitian Revolution
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Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (1659- )
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(1964) Nelson Mandela, “I Am Prepared To Die”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas
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Slavery and Freedom on a Canadian Shore: Africa’s Children in Nova Scotia, 1750-2009
Manet Harrison
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Manet Harrison And Stephen Fowler: The First Black Power Couple?
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Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Early 20th Century Harlem Radicalism

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington